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Manaf (Arabic: مناف) was a pre-Islamic Arabian deity and given name that means "elevated". [1] Personal names incorporating the name Manaf such as "Abd Manaf" show that the deity was widespread among the tribes of Quraysh , Hudhayl , and Tamim .
Manaf: Manaf is a god, described by Muslim scholar At-Tabari as "one of the greatest deities of Mecca", although little information is available about him. He is attested in the Hauran as Zeus Manaphos, equated with Zeus. [22] It is said that women would keep his image away during menstruation. Some scholars suggest that Manaf might be a solar ...
Manaf (deity), a pre-Islamic Arabian deity; Ancient Arab names based on the phrase Abd Manaf (lit. slave of Manaf): Abd Manaf ibn Qusai, great-great-grandfather of the Islamic prophet Muhammad; Hashim ibn Abd Manaf great-grandfather of the Islamic prophet Muhammad; Muttalib ibn Abd Manaf, one of the ancestors of the Sahaba (Muhammad's companions)
Abd Manaf al-Mughirah ibn Qusai (Arabic: عبد مناف ٱلمغيرة بن قصي, ʿAbd Manāf al-Mughīrah ibn Quṣayy) was a Qurayshi and great-great-grandfather of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. His father was Quṣai ibn Kilāb. Abd Manaf's name, meaning worshiper of Manaf, relates to the pre-Islamic deity Manaf.
Abd Manaf (Arabic: عبْد مناف, ‘abd manāf) is a theophoric Arabic name that means "servant of Manaf", Manaf being one of the pre-Islamic polytheistic gods. In modern usage the form Abdul Manaf (Arabic: عبْدُ ٱلْمناف, ‘abdu ’l-manāf) is also found. Abd Manaf may refer to: Wahb ibn Abd Manaf; Muttalib ibn Abd Manaf
Manāt (Arabic: مناة Arabic pronunciation: pausa, or Old Arabic manawat; also transliterated as manāh) was a pre-Islamic Arabian goddess worshipped in the Arabian Peninsula before the rise of Islam and the Islamic prophet Muhammad in the 6/7th century.
Memphis (Arabic: مَنْف, romanized: Manf, pronounced; Bohairic Coptic: ⲙⲉⲙϥⲓ; Greek: Μέμφις), or Men-nefer, was the ancient capital of Inebu-hedj, the first nome of Lower Egypt that was known as mḥw ("North"). [3]
Many votive offerings were found in the form of statues of persons healed by the god, especially babies and young children. Also found near the temple was a gold plaque of Eshmun and the goddess Hygieia (meaning "Health") showing Eshmun holding a staff in his right hand around which a serpent is entwined. A coin of the 3rd century CE from ...